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From Africa to America: Army Reserve soldier aims at goal to complete doctorate degree

From Africa to America: Army Reserve soldier aims at goal to complete ...

Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Kossi Sevon, assigned to the 85th Support Command, headquartered outside of Chicago; began his story in the small country of Togo, located between Ghana and Nigeria, and pursued a goal t... More

Colin Gray, of Lombard, Ill., also an 82nd Airborne

Colin Gray, of Lombard, Ill., also an 82nd Airborne

Colin Gray, of Lombard, Ill., also an 82nd Airborne Vietnam veteran, takes a photo of his grandson Ian Kalinski, of St. Charles, Ill. Gray served two tours in Vietnam, and appreciates everything that the 82nd A... More

Master Sgt. Varetta Bynum-Wardrop, 416th Theater Engineer

Master Sgt. Varetta Bynum-Wardrop, 416th Theater Engineer

Master Sgt. Varetta Bynum-Wardrop, 416th Theater Engineer Command, headquartered in Darien, Ill., goes over her judge sheet after a group of cadets left the judging area for inspection, at the Chicago Public Sc... More

Teresa L. LeBoeuf, wife of Brig. Gen. Eugene A. LeBoeuf,

Teresa L. LeBoeuf, wife of Brig. Gen. Eugene A. LeBoeuf,

Teresa L. LeBoeuf, wife of Brig. Gen. Eugene A. LeBoeuf, deputy commanding general of the 416th Theater Engineer Command, places his hat with the new rank on his head during his promotion ceremony, March 7, at ... More

Maj. Laura Schroeder, plans officer for the 416th Theater

Maj. Laura Schroeder, plans officer for the 416th Theater

Maj. Laura Schroeder, plans officer for the 416th Theater Engineer Command, Darien, Ill., speaks with Cadet Jasmine Lamb, a junior at the United States Military Academy at West Point, before the West Point Lead... More

The focal point of the Gold Star Family breakfast was

The focal point of the Gold Star Family breakfast was

The focal point of the Gold Star Family breakfast was the Missing Man Table. The breakfast was hosted by Macy's in the Walnut Room, Chicago, May 23. The Missing Man Table is a semi-official place of honor durin... More

Soldiers from the 416th Theater Engineer Command walk

Soldiers from the 416th Theater Engineer Command walk

Soldiers from the 416th Theater Engineer Command walk toward the range at the Joliet Army Training Area, in Elwood, Ill., June 6. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Carrie A. Castillo)

Cpt. Luc Roy, a network engineer with the 416th Theater

Cpt. Luc Roy, a network engineer with the 416th Theater

Cpt. Luc Roy, a network engineer with the 416th Theater Engineer Command, Darien, Ill., sets up one of the various satellites to provide connectivity for the staff exercise (STAFFEX), June 7. The STAFFEX is des... More

Nahomi Castillo, age 11, daughter of Staff Sgt. Carrie

Nahomi Castillo, age 11, daughter of Staff Sgt. Carrie

Nahomi Castillo, age 11, daughter of Staff Sgt. Carrie Castillo, public affairs NCO 416th Theater Engineer Command, both from Lombard, took time to sit inside the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMM... More

St. John’s Lutheran church sanctuary served as the

St. John’s Lutheran church sanctuary served as the

St. John’s Lutheran church sanctuary served as the ceremony home for the Soldiers being honored and family members that participated in the third annual 416th Theater Engineer Command Family Programs Survivor O... More

Staff Sgt. Mark Laska is promoted during the 85th Army

Staff Sgt. Mark Laska is promoted during the 85th Army

Staff Sgt. Mark Laska is promoted during the 85th Army Band Veterans Day performance.

Army Reserve, Navy and Marine Corps members from the

Army Reserve, Navy and Marine Corps members from the

Army Reserve, Navy and Marine Corps members from the greater Chicago area had come to send off the families participating in the Snowball Express, minus the actual snow, Dec. 12. The program is sponsored by Ame... More

88th RSC Yellow Ribbon, Stedman Graham work together to teach mastery in you

88th RSC Yellow Ribbon, Stedman Graham work together to teach mastery ...

Dr. Stedman Graham, chairman and CEO of the Chicago-based S. Graham & Associates, takes time to pose for pictures with Reserve and Guard members and their families, at the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program ev... More

Critical medical supplies are delivered to Syrian Democratic

Critical medical supplies are delivered to Syrian Democratic

Critical medical supplies are delivered to Syrian Democratic Forces to assist the local medical clinic and frontline ambulances in Shaddadi, Syria on Dec. 10, 2017. The Shaddadi hospital hosts the SDF by suppor... More

Identification "Dog" tags of Spc. Jackson Johnson hang

Identification "Dog" tags of Spc. Jackson Johnson hang

Identification "Dog" tags of Spc. Jackson Johnson hang from the fallen soldier battle cross at the memorial service in Mount Vernon, Illinois, March 16. The Battle Cross is a symbolic replacement of a cross, on... More

Brig. Gen Eugene J. LeBoeuf, deputy commanding general

Brig. Gen Eugene J. LeBoeuf, deputy commanding general

Brig. Gen Eugene J. LeBoeuf, deputy commanding general of the 416th Theater Engineer Command, receives his general officer's belt from his son Nathan during his promotion ceremony at the Parkhurst U.S. Army Res... More

A community member shoots at laser targets at the 82nd

A community member shoots at laser targets at the 82nd

A community member shoots at laser targets at the 82nd Airborne Division Association picnic hosted by the 82nd Airborne Division Association - Chicago Chapter. The community of Naperville hosts the 82nd Airborn... More

Master Sgt. Varetta Bynum-Wardrop, 416th Theater Engineer

Master Sgt. Varetta Bynum-Wardrop, 416th Theater Engineer

Master Sgt. Varetta Bynum-Wardrop, 416th Theater Engineer Command, headquartered in Darien, Ill., interacts with other judges from the Naval Station Great Lakes Recruit Division Command, at the Chicago Public S... More

Cadets from the United States Military Academy at West

Cadets from the United States Military Academy at West

Cadets from the United States Military Academy at West Point work in pairs, teaching classes in leadership and ethics with small groups of students from each of the participating Chicago middle and high schools... More

Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Cadets from the

Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Cadets from the

Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Cadets from the Chicago Public Schools carry the wreaths to the Eternal Flame during a ceremony at Daley Plaza, Chicago, May 23. Since 1870, Memorial Day parades have grace... More

Soldiers from the range detail affix new 25-meter

Soldiers from the range detail affix new 25-meter

Soldiers from the range detail affix new 25-meter qualification and zeroing targets for the next rally of Soldiers going on the line to fire at the Joliet Army Training Area, in Elwood, Ill., June 6. (U.S. Army... More

Soldiers and leaders from the 416th Theater Engineer

Soldiers and leaders from the 416th Theater Engineer

Soldiers and leaders from the 416th Theater Engineer Command took part in a week-long staff exercise (STAFFEX) this June in Darien, Ill., as part of a three-year validation process to execute as a theater-level... More

A patron provides water for her dog at the Villa Park,

A patron provides water for her dog at the Villa Park,

A patron provides water for her dog at the Villa Park, Ill., parade July 4. For more than 50 years, Villa Park Veterans of Foreign War Post 2801 has sponsored the annual parade. Approximately 2,000 patrons atte... More

Maj. Kenneth Carlson, 416th Theater Engineer Command

Maj. Kenneth Carlson, 416th Theater Engineer Command

Maj. Kenneth Carlson, 416th Theater Engineer Command chaplain, speaks to the families at the Family Programs Survivor Outreach Services Remembrance Ceremony, Sunday, Oct. 4. The remembrance ceremony gives famil... More

The 85th Army Band plays a Veterans Day honoring veterans

The 85th Army Band plays a Veterans Day honoring veterans

The 85th Army Band plays a Veterans Day honoring veterans and all past and present members of the band.

Army Reserve Soldiers from the 416th Engineer Command,

Army Reserve Soldiers from the 416th Engineer Command,

Army Reserve Soldiers from the 416th Engineer Command, Darien, Ill., pose with Santa and Mrs. Claus during the activities before the send off the families participating in the Snowball Express, minus the actual... More

A truck carrying medical supplies from the civilian

A truck carrying medical supplies from the civilian

A truck carrying medical supplies from the civilian hospital in Al Hasakah city is unloaded by several Syrian Democratic Forces soldiers that live and work at the medical clinic in Shaddadi, Syria, Dec. 10, 201... More

Soldiers from the 419th Movement Control Battalion

Soldiers from the 419th Movement Control Battalion

Soldiers from the 419th Movement Control Battalion render a salute in formation during the national anthem at the memorial ceremony for Sgt. Holli Bolinski and Spc. Jackson Johnson, March 16. Bolinksi and Johns... More

The 318th Theater Public Affairs Support Element at

The 318th Theater Public Affairs Support Element at

The 318th Theater Public Affairs Support Element at the Paul G. Schulstad Army Reserve Center, Arlington Heights, Illinois, conducts a Change of Responsibility ceremony Nov 14, 2020. During COVID-19, all attend... More

Dress uniforms detailing eras the 82nd Airborne Division

Dress uniforms detailing eras the 82nd Airborne Division

Dress uniforms detailing eras the 82nd Airborne Division faced in different conflicts hang on the wall of the Judd Kendall VFW Post 3873, during the Airborne Day picnic Sept. 14. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. ... More

Master Sgt. John Nelson, 416th Theater Engineer Command,

Master Sgt. John Nelson, 416th Theater Engineer Command,

Master Sgt. John Nelson, 416th Theater Engineer Command, double checks the squad of junior cadets he finished inspecting during the inspection event at the Chicago Public School’s Junior Reserve Officer Trainin... More

Lauren LeBoeuf, daughter of Brig. Gen Eagene J. LeBoeuf

Lauren LeBoeuf, daughter of Brig. Gen Eagene J. LeBoeuf

Lauren LeBoeuf, daughter of Brig. Gen Eagene J. LeBoeuf deputy commanding general of the 416th Theater Engineer Command, hands off the M9 General Officer's pistol during his promotion ceremony at the Parkhurst ... More

Students worked together using photo instructions during

Students worked together using photo instructions during

Students worked together using photo instructions during the K'NEX bridge building class in the West Point Leadership Ethics and Diversity STEM (LEADS) Workshop hosted at Phoenix Military Academy in Chicago Mar... More

Soldiers from the U.S. Army Reserve, 416th Theater

Soldiers from the U.S. Army Reserve, 416th Theater

Soldiers from the U.S. Army Reserve, 416th Theater Engineer Command, Darien, Ill. participate in the Memorial Day Parade in Chicago by driving several tactical vehicles, May 23. The 416th TEC drove three High M... More

Brass casings collected in a box after Soldiers have

Brass casings collected in a box after Soldiers have

Brass casings collected in a box after Soldiers have "policed" the firing line area. Soldiers from the 416th Theater Engineer Command participated in M16 marksmanship qualification at the Joliet Army Training A... More

Soldiers and leaders from the 416th Theater Engineer

Soldiers and leaders from the 416th Theater Engineer

Soldiers and leaders from the 416th Theater Engineer Command took part in a week-long staff exercise (STAFFEX) this June in Darien, Ill., as part of a three-year validation process to execute as a theater-level... More

A small child covers his ears asemergency vehicles

A small child covers his ears asemergency vehicles

A small child covers his ears asemergency vehicles sound their horns in the Villa Park, Ill., parade July 4. For more than 50 years, Villa Park Veterans of Foreign War Post 2801 has sponsored the annual parade.... More

A Soldier from the 416th Theater Engineer Command Color

A Soldier from the 416th Theater Engineer Command Color

A Soldier from the 416th Theater Engineer Command Color Guard assists a family member who struggled to light her fallen Soldier’s candle at the Survivor Outreach Services Remembrance Ceremony, hosted at St. Joh... More

The 85th Army Band plays a Veterans Day honoring veterans,

The 85th Army Band plays a Veterans Day honoring veterans,

The 85th Army Band plays a Veterans Day honoring veterans, local community and past members of the band.

Army Reserve Soldier, Sgt. Scott Gee, maintenance

Army Reserve Soldier, Sgt. Scott Gee, maintenance

Army Reserve Soldier, Sgt. Scott Gee, maintenance specialist, 416th Theater Engineer Command, Darien, Ill., stops to answer questions of a passerby near the American Airlines Snowball Express gate at O'Hare Int... More

A civilian doctor from Shaddadi, who supports operations

A civilian doctor from Shaddadi, who supports operations

A civilian doctor from Shaddadi, who supports operations of frontline ambulances in Dayr az Zawr, loads medical supplies from the Syrian Democratic Forces into an ambulance in Shaddadi, Syria, Dec. 10, 2017. Cu... More

Sgt. First Class Scott Smith, 419th Movement Control

Sgt. First Class Scott Smith, 419th Movement Control

Sgt. First Class Scott Smith, 419th Movement Control Battalion, stands in front of his formation at the start of the memorial ceremony for Sgt. Holli Bolinski and Spc. Jackson Johnson, March 16. Bolinksi and Jo... More

The 318th Theater Public Affairs Support Element conducts

The 318th Theater Public Affairs Support Element conducts

The 318th Theater Public Affairs Support Element conducts Change of Responsibility ceremony at the Paul G. Schulstad Army Reserve Center, Arlington Heights, Illinois, Nov 14, 2020. During COVID-19, all attendee... More

Mark J. Mueller, chairman of the Chicago Chapter, 82nd

Mark J. Mueller, chairman of the Chicago Chapter, 82nd

Mark J. Mueller, chairman of the Chicago Chapter, 82nd Airborne Division Association, speaks to Kyle and Owen, residents of Naperville, Ill., who dressed in Vietnam era uniforms during the 82nd Airborne Divisio... More

Master Sgts. Veretta Bynum-Wardrop (front) and John

Master Sgts. Veretta Bynum-Wardrop (front) and John

Master Sgts. Veretta Bynum-Wardrop (front) and John Nelson, 416th Theater Engineer Command, headquartered in Darien, Ill., walk up and down each squad during the inspection event at the Chicago Public School’s ... More

Brig. Gen. Eugene J. LeBoeuf, deputy commanding general

Brig. Gen. Eugene J. LeBoeuf, deputy commanding general

Brig. Gen. Eugene J. LeBoeuf, deputy commanding general of the 416th Theater Engineer Command, holsters his pistol after receiving it from his daughter during his promotion ceremony at the Parkhurst U.S. Army R... More

Maj. Laura Schroeder, plans officer for the 416th Theater

Maj. Laura Schroeder, plans officer for the 416th Theater

Maj. Laura Schroeder, plans officer for the 416th Theater Engineer Command, Darien, Ill., was chosen as the team leader during the breakout session for the educator's classroom during the West Point Leadership ... More

A Soldier from the 416th Theater Engineer Command waits

A Soldier from the 416th Theater Engineer Command waits

A Soldier from the 416th Theater Engineer Command waits in the ammunition shed as other Soldiers are firing during the M16 marksmanship qualification at the Joliet Army Training Area, in Elwood, Ill, June 6. (U... More

Master Sgt. Keith Clark, information technology

Master Sgt. Keith Clark, information technology

Master Sgt. Keith Clark, information technology noncommissioned officer in charge 85th Support Command, who also serves as a civilian employee in IT with the 416th Theater Engineer Command (TEC), waves to the c... More

Lit candles of the 34 fallen Soldiers line the table

Lit candles of the 34 fallen Soldiers line the table

Lit candles of the 34 fallen Soldiers line the table at the front of the sanctuary at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Darien, Ill., where the 416th Theater Engineer Command Family Programs Survivor Outreach Servi... More

The 85th Army Band plays a Veterans Day honoring veterans,

The 85th Army Band plays a Veterans Day honoring veterans,

The 85th Army Band plays a Veterans Day honoring veterans, local community and past members of the band.

Army Reserve, Navy and Marine Corps members from the

Army Reserve, Navy and Marine Corps members from the

Army Reserve, Navy and Marine Corps members from the greater Chicago area had come to send off the families participating in the Snowball Express, minus the actual snow, on Dec. 12. The program is sponsored by ... More

A truck carrying medical supplies from the civilian

A truck carrying medical supplies from the civilian

A truck carrying medical supplies from the civilian hospital in Al Hasakah city is unloaded by several Syrian Democratic Forces soldiers that live and work at the medical clinic in Shaddadi, Syria, Dec. 10, 201... More

Soldiers of the 419th Movement Control Battalion and

Soldiers of the 419th Movement Control Battalion and

Soldiers of the 419th Movement Control Battalion and family members listen to close friends speak about their fallen soldiers, in Mount Vernon, Illinois, March 16. Bolinksi and Johnson were killed in a non-comb... More

Sgt. Kevin Long assists Spc. Blake Essex with searching

Sgt. Kevin Long assists Spc. Blake Essex with searching

Sgt. Kevin Long assists Spc. Blake Essex with searching through the music list to create his mock radio show line-up as Spc. Tucker White waits for his turn at the desk. Currently the 350th Public Affairs Detac... More

Command Sgt. Maj. Kerry McAllen, left, former command

Command Sgt. Maj. Kerry McAllen, left, former command

Command Sgt. Maj. Kerry McAllen, left, former command sergeant major of the 318th Theater Public Affairs Support Element receives a plaque from Command Sgt. Maj. Anthony L. Taylor, newly assigned command sergea... More

A junior cadet from Roberto Clemente Community Academy,

A junior cadet from Roberto Clemente Community Academy,

A junior cadet from Roberto Clemente Community Academy, serving as the student leader, salutes Sgt. Maj. Richard Flanagan, 416th Theater Engineer Command, to begin the inspection of the cadets in her platoon, D... More

The color guard of the 416th Theater Engineer Command

The color guard of the 416th Theater Engineer Command

The color guard of the 416th Theater Engineer Command moves forward to represent the beginning of an assumption of command ceremony. During the ceremony, Maj. Gen. Lewis Irwin assumed command of the 416th Theat... More

A Soldier from the range detail staples a  new zeroing

A Soldier from the range detail staples a new zeroing

A Soldier from the range detail staples a new zeroing target for the next rally of Soldiers going onto the firing line at the Joliet Army Training Area, in Elwood, Ill., June 6. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. ... More

After the parade, two Boy Scouts take advantage of

After the parade, two Boy Scouts take advantage of

After the parade, two Boy Scouts take advantage of sitting in and checking out the 416th Theater Engineer Command’s High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) in Villa Park, Ill., July 4. (U.S. Army pho... More

Maj. Kenneth Carlson, 416th Theater Engineer Command

Maj. Kenneth Carlson, 416th Theater Engineer Command

Maj. Kenneth Carlson, 416th Theater Engineer Command chaplain, and Lt. Col. Cecilia Diaz, 416th TEC transportation officer, speak with one of the family members of the fallen after the Survivor Outreach Service... More

The 85th Army Band plays a Veterans Day concert honoring

The 85th Army Band plays a Veterans Day concert honoring

The 85th Army Band plays a Veterans Day concert honoring veterans, local community and past members of the band.

Army Reserve, Navy and Marine Corps members from the

Army Reserve, Navy and Marine Corps members from the

Army Reserve, Navy and Marine Corps members from the greater Chicago area arrived to send off the families participating in the Snowball Express, minus the actual snow, on Dec. 12. The program is sponsored by A... More

Lt. Col. Gregory Derner, 419th Movement Control Battalion

Lt. Col. Gregory Derner, 419th Movement Control Battalion

Lt. Col. Gregory Derner, 419th Movement Control Battalion commander, pauses to take a moment during his remarks on Sgt. Holli Bolinski and Spc. Jackson Johnson at their memorial ceremony, March 16. Bolinksi and... More

Spc. Blake Essex searches through the music list to

Spc. Blake Essex searches through the music list to

Spc. Blake Essex searches through the music list to create his mock radio show line-up as one of his tasks during radio show production training. Currently the 350th Public Affairs Detachment does not have thei... More

Maj. Gen. David Conboy, deputy commanding general of

Maj. Gen. David Conboy, deputy commanding general of

Maj. Gen. David Conboy, deputy commanding general of operations for the U.S. Army Reserve Command, congratulates Maj. Gen. Lewis G. Irwin, commanding general of the 416th Theater Engineer Command, after awardin... More

Sgt. 1st Class Darrin McDufford, a public affairs

Sgt. 1st Class Darrin McDufford, a public affairs

Sgt. 1st Class Darrin McDufford, a public affairs noncommissioned officer, and Master Sgt. Rochelle Lindsey, acting First Sergeant, from the 416th Theater Engineer Command share a laugh during downtime while wa... More

Flags lay rolled up on the back of a car after the

Flags lay rolled up on the back of a car after the

Flags lay rolled up on the back of a car after the Fourth of July parade in Villa Park, Ill. The parade was hosted by the Villa Park VFW Post 2801 and there were approximately 2,000 spectators at the 2015 parad... More

John Pardis, a World War II veteran, is presented with

John Pardis, a World War II veteran, is presented with

John Pardis, a World War II veteran, is presented with an honorary promotion to sergeant during the 85th Army Band Veterans Day concert.

Clark Cub of the Chicago Cubs and  members of the Army

Clark Cub of the Chicago Cubs and members of the Army

Clark Cub of the Chicago Cubs and members of the Army Reserve, Navy, Marine Corps, TSA, police force and fire department from the greater Chicago area had come to send off the families participating in the Sno... More

Soldiers in the honor guard, aim to fire their rifles

Soldiers in the honor guard, aim to fire their rifles

Soldiers in the honor guard, aim to fire their rifles during the 21-gun salute during the memorial ceremony for Sgt. Holli Bolinksi and Spc. Jackson Johnson in Mount Vernon, Illinois, March 16. Bolinksi and Joh... More

Spc. Blake Essex searches through the music list to

Spc. Blake Essex searches through the music list to

Spc. Blake Essex searches through the music list to create his mock radio show line-up as one of his tasks during radio show production training. Currently the 350th Public Affairs Detachment does not have thei... More

The bugler stands just outside the formation to play

The bugler stands just outside the formation to play

The bugler stands just outside the formation to play Taps during the memorial ceremony of Sgt. Holli Bolinski and Spc. Jackson Johnson, March 16. Army infantry regulations by 1891 required taps to be played at ... More

The oath of office is read to Brig. Gen. Eugene J.

The oath of office is read to Brig. Gen. Eugene J.

The oath of office is read to Brig. Gen. Eugene J. LeBoeuf, deputy commanding general of the 416th Theater Engineer Command, by Maj. Gen. David Conboy, deputy commanding general for operations for the U.S Army ... More

Staff Sgt. Zachary Raskie, supply noncommissioned officer,

Staff Sgt. Zachary Raskie, supply noncommissioned officer,

Staff Sgt. Zachary Raskie, supply noncommissioned officer, removes a spent zeroing target from the silhouette board to prepare it for the next rally of Soldiers. Soldiers from the 416th Theater Engineer Command... More

Navy recruits from Great Lakes Naval Station stop to

Navy recruits from Great Lakes Naval Station stop to

Navy recruits from Great Lakes Naval Station stop to look at the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) and speak to Sgt. Adam Burson, 416th Theater Engineer Command, at the end of the Villa Park Pa... More

The 85th Army Band plays at a Veterans Day honoring

The 85th Army Band plays at a Veterans Day honoring

The 85th Army Band plays at a Veterans Day honoring veterans, local community and past members of the band.

Army Reserve, Navy and Marine Corps members from the

Army Reserve, Navy and Marine Corps members from the

Army Reserve, Navy and Marine Corps members from the greater Chicago area arrived to send off the families participating in the Snowball Express, minus the actual snow, on Dec. 12. The program is sponsored by A... More

Master Sgt. Brad Staggs, Indiana Army National Guard

Master Sgt. Brad Staggs, Indiana Army National Guard

Master Sgt. Brad Staggs, Indiana Army National Guard Public Affairs, demonstrates how to use the sound board preview function by manipulating the dials to turn down the main monitors to listen to the preview mo... More

Command Sgt. Maj. Robert Stanek, command sergeant major

Command Sgt. Maj. Robert Stanek, command sergeant major

Command Sgt. Maj. Robert Stanek, command sergeant major of the 416th Theater Engineer Command, removes the command's colors to begin the transfer of authority to Maj. Gen. Lewis Irwin, commanding general of the... More

Streamers taped to the tailgate of a parade vehicle

Streamers taped to the tailgate of a parade vehicle

Streamers taped to the tailgate of a parade vehicle billow in the wind at the end of the route July 4. The Villa Park parade is compiled of numerous emergency response vehicles and decorated family cars that ho... More

A plaque is presented to honorary Sgt. John Pardis,

A plaque is presented to honorary Sgt. John Pardis,

A plaque is presented to honorary Sgt. John Pardis, who served during World War II, and was honored during the celebration at the 85th Army Band Veterans Day concert.

Army Reserve, Navy and Marine Corps members from the

Army Reserve, Navy and Marine Corps members from the

Army Reserve, Navy and Marine Corps members from the greater Chicago area arrived to send off the families participating in the Snowball Express, minus the actual snow, on Dec. 12. The program is sponsored by A... More

Maj. Gen. Steven W. Ainsworth, 377th Theater Sustainment

Maj. Gen. Steven W. Ainsworth, 377th Theater Sustainment

Maj. Gen. Steven W. Ainsworth, 377th Theater Sustainment Command Commanding General, and Maj. Gen. Flem B. "Donnie" Walker Jr., 1st Theater Sustainment Command Commanding General, look on as a soldier from the ... More

A Soldier from the 416th Theater Engineer Command waits

A Soldier from the 416th Theater Engineer Command waits

A Soldier from the 416th Theater Engineer Command waits at the ready for the next line of instruction before beginning his qualification round at the Joliet Army Training Area, in Elwood, Ill., June 6. (U.S. Ar... More

Soldiers and leaders from the 416th Theater Engineer

Soldiers and leaders from the 416th Theater Engineer

Soldiers and leaders from the 416th Theater Engineer Command took part in a week-long staff exercise (STAFFEX) this June in Darien, Ill., as part of a three-year validation process to execute as a theater-level... More

The 85th Army Band performs at their Veterans Day

The 85th Army Band performs at their Veterans Day

The 85th Army Band performs at their Veterans Day celebration commemorating veterans, the local community and former band members.

Santa and Mrs. Claus along with volunteer students

Santa and Mrs. Claus along with volunteer students

Santa and Mrs. Claus along with volunteer students from Notre Dame College Prep wave to the plane while standing on the tarmac as the Snowball Express taxis out to the runway on Dec. 12. The program is sponsore... More

Maj. Gen. Steven W. Ainsworth, 377th Theater Sustainment

Maj. Gen. Steven W. Ainsworth, 377th Theater Sustainment

Maj. Gen. Steven W. Ainsworth, 377th Theater Sustainment Command Commanding General, and Maj. Gen. Flem B. "Donnie" Walker Jr., 1st Theater Sustainment Command Commanding General, look on as a soldier from the ... More

A Soldier from the 416th Theater Engineer Command fires

A Soldier from the 416th Theater Engineer Command fires

A Soldier from the 416th Theater Engineer Command fires his rifle during qualification at the Joliet Army Training Area, in Elwood, Ill., June 6. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Carrie A. Castillo)

Soldiers and leaders from the 416th Theater Engineer

Soldiers and leaders from the 416th Theater Engineer

Soldiers and leaders from the 416th Theater Engineer Command took part in a week-long staff exercise (STAFFEX) this June in Darien, Ill., as part of a three-year validation process to execute as a theater-level... More

Army Reserve, Navy and Marine Corps members from the

Army Reserve, Navy and Marine Corps members from the

Army Reserve, Navy and Marine Corps members from the greater Chicago area arrived to send off the families participating in the Snowball Express, minus the actual snow, on Dec. 12. The program is sponsored by A... More

A family member of Spc. Jackson Johnson wipes away

A family member of Spc. Jackson Johnson wipes away

A family member of Spc. Jackson Johnson wipes away tears during the memorial ceremony for Sgt. Holli Bolinski and Johnson, who were assigned to the 657th Movement Control Team during a deployment to Kuwait. Bol... More

A Soldier from the 416th Theater Engineer Command sits

A Soldier from the 416th Theater Engineer Command sits

A Soldier from the 416th Theater Engineer Command sits in a High Mobility Multi Wheeled Vehicle as part of security detail by the gate leading to the rifle range during the M16 qualification at the Joliet Army... More

Santa Claus waves to the plane while standing on the

Santa Claus waves to the plane while standing on the

Santa Claus waves to the plane while standing on the tarmac as the Snowball Express taxis out to the runway on Dec. 12. The program is sponsored by American Airlines, coordinating flights from 84 cities via nea... More

Maj. Gen. Steven W. Ainsworth, 377th Theater Sustainment

Maj. Gen. Steven W. Ainsworth, 377th Theater Sustainment

Maj. Gen. Steven W. Ainsworth, 377th Theater Sustainment Command Commanding General, and Maj. Gen. Flem B. "Donnie" Walker Jr., 1st Theater Sustainment Command Commanding General, execute a right face and march... More

Army Reserve, Navy and Marine Corps members from the

Army Reserve, Navy and Marine Corps members from the

Army Reserve, Navy and Marine Corps members from the greater Chicago area showed up to send off the families participating in the Snowball Express, minus the actual snow, Dec. 12. The program sponsored by Ameri... More

Sgt. Major Ross Eastman, Religious Affairs Sergeant

Sgt. Major Ross Eastman, Religious Affairs Sergeant

Sgt. Major Ross Eastman, Religious Affairs Sergeant Major, 1st Theater Sustainment Command, places his command coin on the platform of Sgt. Holli Bolinski's Battle Cross after the memorial ceremony, March 16. B... More

Soldiers from the 103rd Theater Sustainment Command

Soldiers from the 103rd Theater Sustainment Command

Soldiers from the 103rd Theater Sustainment Command take a knee before the fallen soldier's Battle Crosses during a memorial ceremony, March 16. Sgt. Holli Bolinksi and Spc. Jackson Johnson were killed in a non... More

Family members of Sgt. Holli Bolinski smile at her

Family members of Sgt. Holli Bolinski smile at her

Family members of Sgt. Holli Bolinski smile at her photo even through tears after the memorial ceremony in Mount Vernon, Illinois, March 16. Bolinksi was killed in a non-combat vehicle crash, March 5, while dep... More

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